Fun quizzes to liven up New Year’s parties: a collection of questions everyone can enjoy
Are you struggling to come up with fun quiz questions for a New Year’s party—something that will really liven things up? The truth is, there are plenty of entertaining quizzes that everyone can laugh over, even when participants are from different generations and have varied interests! You can have people guess where a piece of background music is from, puzzle over the readings of tricky kanji, or test their trivia skills.
From quizzes that are fun regardless of knowledge level to ones that spark lively conversation, we’ll introduce quiz ideas perfect for a New Year’s party.
This year, make your New Year’s gathering a time filled with smiles through quizzes!
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Fun quizzes to liven up New Year’s parties: a collection of questions everyone can enjoy (21–30)
Candy Character Quiz
A simple and exciting candy character quiz that everyone can enjoy at New Year’s parties or any get-together.
The characters appear on candy packages, and they’re all sweets that everyone has seen somewhere before.
In addition to the mascot’s appearance, you can also give a few hints to help people guess.
The best part is that it’s fun for all generations! If you get a lot right, you might even become a “Candy Professor.” It could be fun to give out the candy as a prize when someone guesses correctly, too.
Aim to become a Candy Professor and enjoy a fun time full of sweets and laughter!
Look-Alike Animals Quiz
Have you ever thought, “Oh, that’s a sea lion,” only to find out it was a fur seal, or thought, “Maybe it’s a walrus,” when it was actually a Steller sea lion? There are so many animals that look alike in this world.
Let’s have fun learning together as we look at various animals.
When you stare closely at a raccoon and a tanuki, you can actually get more confused.
Depending on the grooming or trim, you might not even be able to tell a Chihuahua from a Papillon.
It might be a good idea to have someone who loves animals and often watches animal programs be in charge of making the questions.
Character hairstyle guessing quiz
It’s a quiz where you guess the character’s name by looking only at the silhouette of their hairstyle! We’re talking about characters from anime and manga that everyone knows.
You’d think they’d be etched in your memory, but when you see just the hairstyle cut out, it’s surprisingly funny how you end up panicking and thinking, “Wait, who is that?” First, let’s pick characters with distinctive hairstyles that are likely to have a high correct-answer rate.
If you prepare several sets of questions that gradually increase in difficulty, it’ll make the event even more exciting!
Sound Logo Quiz
A sound logo is a short, impactful melody that symbolizes a company or product—the distinctive music you often hear at the end of commercials.
In the “Sound Logo Quiz,” you listen to melodies played in TV and radio ads or in stores and answer with the company or product name.
Even if you’re sure you’ve heard it before, you might find yourself thinking, “Wait, what commercial was that again?” and struggle to connect it to a specific image or video.
We’ve prepared a variety of questions, from famous ones to regionally distinctive ones—enjoy the challenge!
Past and Present Quiz
There are words that we used normally back in the Showa era that are said differently today, right? This quiz is all about those words.
For example, what used to be called “jiipan” is now called “denim” or “jeans,” and “niwa-ijiri” is now “gardening.” Learning about these shifts in language can spark lively conversations between younger and older people and even generate intergenerational laughter.
Whether you’ve heard Showa-era terms before or it’s your first time, everyone can enjoy this together.
We hope people of all ages have fun with it!
Animal Kanji Quiz
Because animal names are often written in hiragana or katakana, there are times when you can’t read them even if you know the animal—when they’re written in kanji.
You can probably recognize kanji you see all the time, like for dog (犬) or cat (猫), but how about 小熊猫 or 彙…? 小熊猫 is read as “lesser panda” (red panda), and 彙 is “hedgehog.” If you knew those, that’s impressive! This quiz introduces kanji for various animals like these.
It’s also a chance to learn, so please enjoy!
Showa Quiz
Is being born in the Showa era an advantage? Maybe, for the “Showa Quiz.” Let’s liven things up by presenting quiz questions about events that happened during the long Showa period, which lasted 63 years and 14 days.
History, songs, literature, buzzwords, anime—there’s no end to the topics you can turn into questions.
Mix in not only serious content but also lighthearted bits that make people chuckle and even inside jokes that prompt “How would I know that?!” complaints, and you’ll keep things fun without getting bored.
Whether they know the Showa era or not, people of all ages will enjoy it—so give it a try at your New Year’s gathering.